Handle construction for grave vaults



Feb. 28', 1928. 1,660,703

A. F. BECK HANDLE CONSTRUCTION FOR GRAVE VAULTS Filed March 23, 1927 (DE Till) gwuvntoz Q .UNITED STA Patented Feb. 28, 1923;

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P T N ALLEN F. BECK, or connivmus, 011 10, ASSIGNQR 'roi'rrrn CL-ARK GRAVE VAULT com" V 7 rem, or conuivrnns, 02:10, A conronerron-onofiro, f 1

iI iANIDLE consrnocrronron enavnvn'nnrst a ap nc udn filed March as, 19 27 ser' aino, 177,723

. Thisinvention relates ,to improvements 7 handle constructions adapted for use in ef-' fecting thesupport for transportationand use in connection with grave" vaults of strong construction, easy and ,convenient'to apply in its operative position and i'n'such form as to present a pleasing and ornamental appearance, i v

Another object of the invention resides in the provision. of ahandle construction which is secured to and mounted on the outer walls 4:. These studs are. formed to comprise enlargedheadsfi, which engageflatly with the outer surfaces of the vertical walls of] the hood and are permanently and securely associated therewith bya welding, fusion or;

heat treating process, the arrangement per-f emitting the'studs to be applied directly to the outer surfaces of the. hood walls, and

avoids the formation of openings in the I latter which might-interfere with the seal ing' of the vault.

Surround'ng'each of the studs ap- I plied to theouter surfaces of the vaultar sheet metal casings 6, which are ofsubstan- 15 of a grave vault hood in such a manner as tially rectangular formfand. include, front- 7 40 View on the line H of Figure 2.

to avoid penetratingthe wall of the hood 'andside' walls "and I open sash; The front with fastening appliancesbr. in making walls are apertured as at'7ffor the recep-' openings 'of any kind therein which would tion of the protruding shanks fo'fthe' studs c be apt to aifect the vault detrimentally fol- 4:, e and the outerfends ,of the studs are lowing interment and thereby interfering threaded for the reception of nuts 8 by with the fluid seal normally provided therewhich the casings arefirmly secured to the y. a i V g sides of the Vault, although, if desired, the With these and other objects in View, as casings too maybe welded to, the vault will appear as the'desc-ription proceeds, the. sides. f r invention consists in the novelfeatures of Certain of'the side wallsjof the'casing 6 construction, combinations of, elements and are formed 'with slotst' 9' for the reception arrangements of parts, hereinafter to be of the inwardly bent ends 10.0f' a plurality fully described and pointed out in the ap-I offstrap links'lL The ends 10 lie within pended claims. a I r V, r g the confines of the casing 6 and are pro-- In the accompanying drawing: w H p s Figure l is a side elevation of; a grave the studs *4, Theintermedi'ate portions ofvault provided with" the improved handle the links lie between theassociated' casings structure comprising the present invention, 6 and are spaced horizontall'y from thead- Figure-2 is a similar view on an enlarged joiningsides of the vault lwhereb'yduring' scale disclosing in greater detail the conintermentstraps'or the like may be asso-"Oo struction of the handle structure, ciated with the links for the \raising or:

Figure 3 is ahorizontal sectional view on lowering of the vault. the line 33 of Figure 2, r Confined within the casing .6 in substan+ Figure 4 is a vertical transverse sectional tially horizontal positions area plurality of pivot bolts 12 with which are connected 95 Referring more particularly to the drawswinging and normally depending hinged ing the numeral 1 designates a sheet metal straps 13. To the depending endsof these grave vault which is formed to comprise straps there is secured as at 14 a plurality the usual base 2 and open bottom hood secof depending handle supporting members vided. with'fopeningsffor"the receptionof 5 I tioni3, the latter being formed to comprise 15, which are preferably formed from metal 100.

theusual vertical side and end walls and a and include adjoining side portions between crown top, the lower edges of the hood secwhich the straps 13are positioned, the bolts tions resting upon the base 2 in the usual 14: serving to securely connect the adjoin manner when the sections of the vault areing sideportions of; the members 15 with assembled, as shown in Figure '1. I said straps. The extreme lower ends of the 1 The improved handle construction com memberslti are widened and shaped to re-' I prising the present invention, is applied to ceive and grip a hollow long tudinally exthe vertical side and end walls of the hood tending metallic handle bar-16, whichexsection and is formed to comprise a plutendslongitudinally along each of the sides 5 rality of fixed horizontally extending studs of thevault and also along the .endsthereof.

The construction thus described provides a simple, substantial and pleasingly designed handle construction for use especially 1 in connectionwith grave:,vaults,-and morev particularly a construction which admitsof, thesecuring thereof directly to the sides of l the vault without penetrating the WallS'Of the latter.- The upper endsof the members 15 may be provided withoutwardly' turned" shoulders 17 which engage With the outer Wallsofithe casing 6 when the handle bar is raised-to a supporting position, shown by dotted lines in Figure 3, the shoulder 17 V maintainingthe bars 16 in a horizontal positionproperly spaced from" thesidesof the vault .so as to be readily gripped for supporting purposesfl The straps 13 are IHOV-V' able, in o enings l8 provided in theYfrOnt' walls of t casing below the aperture 7 so same time an 16 are substantially square and the members 15 are shaped 'accordlngly so asto prevent I rotation of said bars'in their supports. The

various parts "of the-handle construction may be formed from stamped sheet metal and thus economically produced and at the attractive appearance presented. V i i Whatis claimed is::-

' '1. A handle construction forgrave vaults V 'embodyingapair offspaced studslintegrally secured to the vertical side wal'lsof avault, a

pair of casings applied to said wall and formed with openings'in' the front thereof for the "reception of said 'studs, members carried by the outer ends of said studs-for re taining said casing in their applied positions', 'a strap link arranged between said casings-and having theopposite ends thereof a pivoted passed through openings in the sides of said casings, the ends "of, said links beingfaper tured to receive the studs, andjpivoted handle members connected Withthe casing. V

,2. Ahandleconstruction for grave vaults embodying a pair of spaced studs projecting horizontally from the side of a grave vault,

of said studs for retaining said casings in j,

otlsctends arranged .to pass through openings provided in the sides of sad casings,

the'en'ds offsaid links being provided with" openings for the reception of said studs, and

said casing.

3. IA handle construction for gravejvaults,

secur'edto the outer walls of a 'vault,"hori-" zontally positionedbolts located withinfsaid cas1ngs,a.pa1r of swinging straps carried and having their upper ends spaced to rc- 1 ceive'said straps to which said members are secured.

handle member depending from I -00 their applied positions, a strap linkhaving":

. embodying a pair of spaced casings'direcfly I 05 by s'aidbolts, a longitudinally extending: handle bar, and a plurality of sheet metal" supporting members surroundingsaid bar 4:. A handle construction for grave vaults embodying a pair of spaced casings directly secured to the'exterior surfaces of a vault,

' hin ed bolts arran ed in said casin s de- V a b a! V pendmg tonguescarr ed by said bolts, a

handle'bar,"and' a pair of straps arranged toreceive' said'handle bar and havingthe upper'ends thereof spaced to receive sa d tongues, securing means passing through ward swinging movement of said handle bar.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. ALLEN F BECKr' 1 '80 said straps and-tongues, and shoulders pro-f vided in COIIIIGClZlQll with sald straps and en-" 7 gageable wlth' sa d casing" to limit the upa pair of easings apertured to receive said studs, binding nuts carried by theouter ends 7 

